Is China gaining an edge in artificial intelligence? "China is betting on AI and investing in AI and deploying AI on a scale no other country is doing," says Abishur Prakash, a futurist and author of books about the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) on geopolitics. Reddit · 18 hours ago
Nuclear fusion is ‘a question of when, not if’ – The prospects for developing nuclear fusion as a feasible source of energy have significantly improved, say experts. Reddit · 1 week ago
An Uber self-driving test vehicle that hit and killed a woman in 2018 had software problems, according to US safety investigators Reddit · 1 week ago
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare faces Russian backlash – The latest Call of Duty game has been hit by thousands of negative reviews over its portrayal of Russia. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack: A huge cyber-attack has knocked out more than 2,000 websites – as well as the national TV station – in the country of Georgia. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
The Pentagon has awarded a $10bn (£8bn) cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, following a heavily scrutinised bidding process in which Amazon had been seen as the favourite Reddit · 2 weeks ago
BBC News launches dark web mirror of its international site, accessible via Tor, as it seeks to thwart censorship from states such as China, Iran, and Vietnam Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Instagram bans ‘cosmetic surgery’ filters – Instagram is removing all augmented reality (AR) filters that depict or promote cosmetic surgery, amid concerns they harm people’s mental health. Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Samsung: Anyone’s thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone – A flaw that means any fingerprint can unlock a Galaxy S10 phone has been acknowledged by Samsung. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Few convinced by Apple’s case for Hong Kong app removal – As if piling up sandbags before a flood, Apple was well prepared to face a backlash over its decision to remove an app used by Hong Kong protesters. Reddit · 1 month ago
Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries. The Nobel Committee said the device "created a rechargeable world". Reddit · 1 month ago
Hearthstone gamer banned for Hong Kong protest – Blizzard has placed a 12-month ban on a Hong-Kong-based professional gamer who staged an anti-government protest during a post-match interview. Reddit · 1 month ago
Taiwanese Wikipedia editors, who suspect the Chinese government is behind edits made to politically sensitive articles, are facing attacks and death threats Techmeme · 1 month ago
Apple approves Hong Kong protest location app – An app that tracks the location of police patrols in Hong Kong is now available via Apple, despite the firm’s reservations about its potential use. Reddit · 1 month ago
Copycat coders create ‘vulnerable’ apps – Lazy developers who copy solutions to tricky programming problems are creating apps that are vulnerable to attack, research suggests. Reddit · 1 month ago